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Is border a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word border is a Scrabble US word. The word border is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is border a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word border is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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Yes. The word border is a Words With Friends word. The word border is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

BORDER,

5-letter words (7 found)

BORDE,BORED,BORER,DERRO,ORBED,ORDER,ROBED,

4-letter words (17 found)

BODE,BORD,BORE,BRED,BRER,BROD,DERO,DOBE,DOER,DORB,DORE,DORR,REDO,ROBE,RODE,ROED,RORE,

3-letter words (21 found)

BED,BOD,BOR,BRO,BRR,DEB,DOB,DOE,DOR,ERR,OBE,ODE,ORB,ORD,ORE,REB,RED,REO,ROB,ROD,ROE,

2-letter words (11 found)

BE,BO,DE,DO,ED,ER,OB,OD,OE,OR,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 58 words from border according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of border

border

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English bordure, from Old French bordeure, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *bord, equivalent to modern French bord (“a border”) + -er.

Akin to Middle High German borte (“border, trim”), German Borte (“ribbon, trimming”). Doublet of bordure. More at board.

Pronunciation

  • (with the horse-hoarse merger)
    • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈbɔədə/
    • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɔːdə/
    • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈboɹdɚ/, [ˈbo̞ɹdɚ]
    • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)də(ɹ)
    • Homophone: boarder (with the horse-hoarse merger)
  • (without the horse–hoarse merger)
    • (rhotic) IPA(key): /ˈbɔːɹdɚ/
    • (non-rhotic) IPA(key): /ˈbɔːdə/

Noun

border (countable and uncountable, plural borders)

  1. The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.
    • 2013, Nicholas Watt and Nick Hopkins, Afghanistan bomb: UK to 'look carefully' at use of vehicles(in The Guardian, 1 May 2013)
      The Ministry of Defence said on Wednesday the men had been killed on Tuesday in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province, on the border of Kandahar just north of the provincial capital Lashkar Gah.
    • 23 June 2018, Mattha Busb, The Independent, Jogger crosses US-Canada border by mistake, is held for two weeks in detention centre
      A French tourist who accidentally crossed the border into the US from Canada during an evening jog was sent to a detention centre 125 miles away and held for two weeks until she was released.
  2. The outer edge of something.
    the borders of the garden
  3. A decorative strip around the edge of something.
  4. A strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown.
  5. (British, uncountable) border morris or border dancing; a vigorous style of traditional English dance originating from villages along the border between England and Wales, performed by a team of dancers usually with their faces disguised with black makeup.
  6. (computing) A string that is both a prefix and a suffix of another particular string.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

border (third-person singular simple present borders, present participle bordering, simple past and past participle bordered)

  1. (transitive) To put a border on something.
  2. (transitive) To form a border around; to bound.
  3. (transitive) To lie on, or adjacent to, a border of.
    Denmark borders Germany to the south.
  4. (intransitive) To touch at a border (with on, upon, or with).
    Connecticut borders on Massachusetts.
  5. (intransitive) To approach; to come near to; to verge (with on or upon).

Derived terms

  • border on
  • cross-border

Translations

Anagrams

  • roberd

French

Etymology

From bord +‎ -er, of Germanic origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔʁ.de/

Verb

border

  1. to border (add a border to)
  2. to border (share a border with)
  3. to tuck in

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • avoir le cul bordé de nouilles

Further reading

  • “border”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • broder, rebord

Middle English

Noun

border

  1. Alternative form of bourdour

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

  • bord

Noun

border n

  1. indefinite plural of bord

Etymology 2

Noun

border m

  1. indefinite plural of bord

Source: wiktionary.org